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East Arcadia North Carolina Map

Explore East Arcadia, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of East Arcadia, North Carolina

How to Use This East Arcadia, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for East Arcadia, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to East Arcadia.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	East Arcadia
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Bladen County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.382113
Longitude	-78.323335
Population	418
Density	71.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28456
Area Code	910
County Seat	Elizabethtown
School District	Bladen County Schools

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About East Arcadia, North Carolina

East Arcadia is a locality in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 418. The population density is 71.9 people per km². East Arcadia is located at 34.3821°N, 78.3233°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. East Arcadia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28456.

East Arcadia holds a quiet dominion over the low-lying plains where the Turkeypen Branch carves a persistent, narrow path through the dark, loamy earth. It lies 18.1 miles west-northwest of Leland, NC (from Leland, NC: bearing 299°T), and is situated 9.4 miles southwest of Long View. The landscape around East Arcadia is defined by a gentle, unassuming flatness, interrupted only by the occasional rise of pine stands that silhouette themselves against a pale, expansive sky. In the late afternoon, the light here takes on a thick, honeyed quality, catching the moisture in the air and casting long, amber shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant depression of Barbecue Bay. While the horizon remains largely level, the atmosphere is held in a soft, humid stillness, broken only by the rustle of wind through the tall grasses that flank the water’s edge.

Agriculture remains the steady pulse of East Arcadia, where the legacy of the soil dictates the rhythm of the seasons and the character of those who work the land. Families have shaped their livelihoods around these fields for generations, often finding quiet recreation at the nearby Town of Sandyfield - Sandyfield Town Park, a place that serves as a communal anchor amidst the expansive, cultivated tracts. The proximity to Lake Waccamaw, situated just a short distance away, offers a persistent presence of water in the regional consciousness, grounding the local identity in the inland watersheds rather than the distant, unreachable coast. Life here proceeds with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a history deeply rooted in the agrarian traditions of the piedmont, where the primary concerns are the yield of the harvest and the enduring strength of the local community.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Sandyfield - Sandyfield Town Park (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 099° E
Whitehall Plantation Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 345° N
Columbus County - Riegelwood Park (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 117° SE
Black River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 032° NE
Black River Floodplain Macrosite Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 032° NE
Lake Waccamaw State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 229° SW
Cape Fear River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 084° E
Patriot (Grady) Monument (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 066° NE
Loyalist Monument (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 067° NE
Moore Monument (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 067° NE
Stage Road Monument (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 066° NE
Bladen Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.8 mi, 327° NW
Singletary Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 333° NW
Live Oak Bank Pavilion (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 113° SE
Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (Gallery) — 23.5 mi, 114° SE
Cape Fear Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 23.5 mi, 115° SE
Orange Street Landing (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 116° SE
Cape Fear Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 23.7 mi, 116° SE
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.8 mi, 116° SE
To the Soldiers of the Confederacy (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 115° SE
Latimer House Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 115° SE
Monument to Cornelius Harnett (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 115° SE
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 115° SE
Mayfaire 16 Cinema (Cinema) — 29.6 mi, 109° E
Bottle Chapel (Public Artwork) — 30.5 mi, 112° E
Minnie Evans Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 129° SE
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 30.8 mi, 123° SE
Masonboro Island Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 31.1 mi, 121° SE
Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 111° E
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.8 mi, 227° SW · 35k acres

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